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Trial registered on ANZCTR

Registration number

ACTRN12617000835347

Ethics application status

Approved

Date submitted

31/05/2017

Date registered

7/06/2017

Date last updated

30/07/2019

Date data sharing statement initially provided

30/07/2019

Date results provided

30/07/2019

Type of registration

Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs

Public title

Changes in movement quality and physical performance in response to an 8 week individualised movement quality assessment informed exercise intervention in apparently healthy adults: A randomised trial.

Scientific title

The changes in movement quality and measures of physical performance in healthy active adults (28-55 y) in response to an 8 week individualized movement quality assessment driven exercise intervention, in comparison to an 8 week traditional resistance training regime.

Secondary ID [1]

None

Universal Trial Number (UTN)

U1111-1196-2999

Trial acronym

Linked study record

Health condition

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:

Movement Quality

Physical Performance

Condition category

Condition code

Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation

Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

Intervention/exposure

Study type

Interventional

Description of intervention(s) / exposure

Participants within the intervention group will undertake an 8 week individualized exercise regime to improve strength and quality of movement, which will be based upon the results of their individual movement quality assessment outcome score. The exercise intervention will be based around the results of their movement quality assessment, and will be targeting improvements in movement quality. Exercise selection and progression will be determined at the discretion of the trainers providing the intervention based upon their movement quality assessment results.

The Movement quality assessment will involve the evaluation of 9 movements that occur commonly in gym settings, and allow the identification of movement dysfunction and potential muscular imbalances. These movements include the following: a bilateral squat; a forward lunge; a dead-lift with a bent over row; a single leg squat; an overhead reach; a seated thoracic rotation; a 4 point hold with opposite arm and leg lifts (also known as a bird dog); a push up; and an active straight leg raise test. Poor performance on any one (or more) of these test will identify areas of muscular imbalance or dysfunction that will be used to guide subsequent exercise prescription.

The control group will undertake an 8 week traditional resistance training exercise regime to improve strength and aerobic fitness. The trainers providing the training regime to the control group will not have access to their movement quality assessment information, and will not be targeting improvements in movement quality.

Each exercise regime will consist of 2 sessions per week, lasting 60 minutes each session, for a total time commitment of 16 hours per participant over 8 weeks. Every session, for both the intervention and control group, will be one-on-one with a trainer. These sessions will be performed at The University of South Australia's City East Campus Gym facility.

The training performed on both the control and intervention group will be made progressively more challenging by incorporating the principle of progressive overload (increments of 2-10% weekly). All training will be supervised by accredited exercise trainers. The sessions will be performed at a moderate to vigorous intensity, with sessional RPE being obtained at the end of each session.

All sessions will be recorded to provide information on the exercises performed each session, with the loads used for those exercises. The programs will be structured in accordance the ACSM guidelines for exercise prescription, in which each core muscle group will be trained for 3 sets of 8-12 repetitions per session.

Intervention code [1]

Treatment: Other

Comparator / control treatment

This study will use a traditional resistance training regime (based upon the principals of the ACSM guidelines for exercise prescription) as the control group. This group will not receive any information from their baseline movement quality assessment.

Based upon these recommendations, each individual in the control group will be performing resistance training using a full body training program, 2 times per week. Each major muscle group of the body (eg. legs, shoulders, chest, back, abdomen, and hips) will be trained each session. There will be at least 48 hours between each session (eg. Monday and Wednesday, Monday and Thursday, Tuesday, and Thursday, Tuesday and Friday, Wednesday and Friday). Compound movements using free weights will be prioritized over machine based and isolation exercises. Exercise progression and selection within this framework will be up to the discretion of the trainers.

Control group

Active

Outcomes

Primary outcome [1]

Changes in movement quality as assessed by the movement quality assessment tool MovementSCREEN PRO 'Trademark' (score range from 0-100 points, measured as a percentage)

Timepoint [1]